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Directions (1-25): In the given question, a part of 3. The WHO have come under widespread
the sentence is printed in bold. Below the scrutiny recently for a few valid and many invalid
sentence alternatives to the bold part are given reasons.
in the options which may help improve the A. Are coming under widespread scrutiny
sentence. Choose the correct alternative in case
B. Has coming under widespread scrutiny
the given sentence is correct, mark answer as
C. Are come under widespread scrutiny
“No correction required”.
D. Has come under widespread scrutiny
1. According to the investment bank Morgan
Stanley, up to million Australians are exposed to E. No correction required
the most affected industries such as tourism,
retail and hospitality.
4. For more than three decades, central bankers
A. Exposed to the most effective industry has played puppeteer for financial markets,
B. Exposed to most affected industry propping them up when things turn ugly.

C. Exposed to the most effected industries A. Have played puppeteer to

D. Exposed to most effected industries B. Has played puppeteer to

E. No correction required C. Have played puppeteer for

D. Had played puppeteer for

2. The Indian team had defeat hosts England by E. No correction required


36 runs to lift the T20 Physical Disabled Cricket
Series in August last year. 5. The fear of the virus was vanished and people
A. Indian team has being defeated hosts have got into an all is well mode.
A. Had vanished
B. Indian team was defeated hosts
B. Has vanished
C. Indian team had defeated hosts
C. Vanished
D. Indian team had have defeated hosts D. Would vanish
E. No correction required E. None of the above

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6. Congress activists in Kerala seemed to keep D. A team of doctor


their eyes peeled for signs from New Delhi about E. none of the above
the composition of the party’s list
A. HaveSeemed 10. Radha, dressed in pink uniform, bag has
B. Was seemed secured under her arm, stands facing the
C. Had seemed passenger and clears her throat.
D. Seems A. A bag secures under her arm
E. No correction required B. A bag had secured under her arm
C. Bad securing on his arm
7. The KPCC was at the far end of a selection D. A bag secured under her arm
process that have commenced in February. E. No replacement required
A. Has commences
B. Was commenced 11. Rahul cannot confirm you if he has paid the
C. Had commenced pending bill or returned the goods.
D. Were commenced A. You across he had pay
E. None of the above B. You whether he had paid
C. You for he had paying
8. India has expressed concerns over the four D. You since he will pay
previously announced dams on the upper and E. No replacement required
middle reaches, the first of which, in Zangmu,
has operationalisein 2015. 12. She sent all the furniture to Jaipur that she
A. Has operationalized had bought in Kolkata.
B. Were operationalized A. To Jaipur all the furniture that
C. Was operationalized B. All the furniture in Jaipur which
D. Had operationalized C. All the furniture to Jaipur that
E. None of the above D. All of the furniture to Jaipur that
E. No replacement required
9. The team of doctors from the GEM Hospital
has successfully performed complete robotic 13. If Swati apologies for having fail in keeping
kidney transplantation your promises, your family will forgive you
A. A team of doctors A. Fail across keeping your promises
B. Team of doctors B. Failing to keep your promises
C. An team of doctors C. To fail in keeping your premises
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D. Failed in keeping your promises D. This has been impacting business as only a
E. No replacement required few people coming out to shop during the day in
summers
14. Even as covid cases continue to surge in E. No improvement required
Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR),
with the capital also enforced a weekend 16. Sales of everything from diesel to cooking
lockdown from tonight, officials in Gurgaon said fuels dropped during April 1-15 from a month
there are no plans for any such steps so far. earlier, according to people familiar with
A. With the capital also enforcing a weekend preliminary data from the country’s three biggest
lockdown from tonight retailers.
B. With the capital also enforcing an weekend A. Cells of everything from diesel to cooking
lockdown from tonight fuels dropped during
C. With the capital also has been enforcing a B. Sales of everything from diesel and cooking
weekend lockdown from tonight fuels dropped during
D. With the capital also been enforced a C. Sales of everything from diesel to cooking
weekend lockdown from tonight fuels has been dropped during
E. No improvement required D. Sales of everything from diesel to cooking
fuels dropped in
15. Since the night curfew has been imposed, E. No improvement required
shopkeepers wrap up by 7:30-8 pm so that they
can reach their homes on time. This impacting 17. As many as 1,753 new trees will be
business as only a few people come out to shop transplanted and 2,000 tree saplings planted in
during the day in summers. the Central Vista area below the government's
A. This has impacting business as only a few ambitious redevelopment plan, which will
people come out to shop during the day in increase the overall green cover there, official
summers sources said Sunday.
B. This has been impacting business as only a A. under the government ambitious
few people come out to shop during the day in redevelopment plan
summers B. under the government's ambitious
C. These has been impacting business as only a redevelopment plan
few people come out to shop during the day in C. under the government's ambitious on
summers redevelopment plan

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D. under the government's ambitiously follow hand hygiene and Covid-19 protocols”, he
redevelopment plan said. SNS
E. No correction required. A. of lower lying areas to shift to cyclone
B. of low lying areas to shift for cyclone
18. 125 bags of suspected smuggled are canut C. of low lying areas to shift to cyclone
were recovered which were dumped in general D. for low lying areas to shift to cyclone
area Ruantlang along Indian Myanmar Border at E. No correction required.
Tyao river bank on India side with a total cost of
worth approximately around Rs.21 lakh in local 21. Journalist Nidhi Razdan, who had quit NDTV
market. after a 21-year stint to take up a teaching job at
A. on Indian side with a worth of total cost the prestigious Harvard University last year, has
B. on Indian side by a total cost of worth said that she was a victim by a sophisticated
C. on Indian siding with a total cost of worth phishing attack and that the job offer was fake.
D. on Indian side with a total cost of worth A. is a victim of a sophisticated phishing attack
E. No correction required. B. was a victim for a sophisticated phishing
attack
19. Not just emergency purchases were made C. was a victim of a phishing sophisticated
for troops to sustain itself during the harsh attack
winters, steps to ensure the welfare of their D. was a victim of a sophisticated phishing
families were also taken amid the stand-off with attack
China in eastern Ladakh. E. No correction required.
A. for troops to sustain themselves during the
B. for troops to sustaining themselves during 22. A huge ice block has broken off by western
the Antarctica in the Weddell Sea, becoming the
C. for troops for sustain themselves during the largest iceberg in the world and earning the
D. for troops to sustain themselves over the name A76.
E. No correction required. A. had broken off by western Antarctica into the
Weddell
20. The CM appealed to people of low lying B. had broke off from western Antarctica on the
areas for shift to cyclone shelters. "You have to Weddell
be more careful this time as it is a double C. has broken off from western Antarctica into
disaster. So each one must wear double masks, the Weddell

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D. had broken off by western Antarctica in the B. as it faced a devastated COVID19 wave
Weddell C. when it facing a devastated COVID19 wave
E. No improvement required D. as it faces a devastating COVID19 wave
E. No improvement required
23. Prime Minister Narendra Modi told officials
that empathy and resoluteness in the face of 25. The Biden administration is leading a
COVID19 was essential while also flagging that campaign against Russian attempts to assert
mutations by the novel coronavirus had raised authority over Arctic shipping and reintroduce a
concerns for youth and children. military dimension to discussions over
A. mutations of the novel coronavirus had raised international activity in the area.
concerns A. is leading a campaign over Russian attempts
B. mutations of the novel coronavirus have to assert
raised concerns B. was leading a campaign between Russian
C. mutations from the novel coronavirus had attempts to assert
raised concerns C. is leading a campaign near Russian attempts
D. mutations from the novel coronavirus has to asserting
raised concerns D. was led a campaign over Russian attempts to
E. No improvement required assert
E. No improvement required
24. The U.S. House of Representative’s Foreign
Affairs Committee (HFAC), unanimously passed
a resolution in support of India since it faces a
devastating COVID19 wave.
A. when it faces a devastated COVID19 wave

Answer With Explanation

1. Answer: E The sentence is in past perfect tense as the


Indian team had defeated the England team in
The phrase is grammatically and contextually
the last year. Thus, options A and B is incorrect.
correct. So no correction required.
In case of option D, ‘India’ must be replaced with
‘Indian’ as it is used as an adjective. The only
2. Answer: C correct statement is option C. Thus, option C is
the correct answer.
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The action denotes happened in past in fixed

3. Answer: D period of time.so past perfect should come.


The KPCC was at the far end of a selection
The WHO is an Organization. Even it has a lot of
process that had commenced in February.
people under it, it is taken as a singular unit.
Thus, the auxiliary verb should be in singular
8. Answer: C
number as well. “Have” is incorrect in the given
India has expressed concerns over the four
statement. Thus, out of all options, Option D is
previously announced dams on the upper and
the correct answer.
middle reaches, the first of which, in Zangmu,
was operationalized in 2015.
4. Answer: A

The emboldened segment is erroneous. 9. Answer: A


A team of doctors from the GEM Hospital has
The subject ‘bankers’, in the sentence is plural.
successfully performed complete robotic kidney
Hence the verb must also be plural to maintain
transplantation.
the subject verb agreement. Also ‘puppeteer’ is
always followed by the preposition ‘to’. Hence,
10. Answer: D
the emboldened segment must be replaced with
The highlighted part is grammatically incorrect.
‘has played puppeteer to’ to form a
‘Bag’ is a countable noun and should be
grammatically correct sentence.
preceded by an article ‘a’. ‘Has’ should be
Therefore, Option A is the correct answer.
removed because in the highlighted part
‘secured under his arm’ is a participle.
5. Answer: B
The given sentence is present perfect and the 11. Answer: B
correct form of sentence is The highlighted phrase is erroneous. Instead of
The fear of the virus has vanished and people ‘if’ whether should be used because
have got into an all is well mode ‘whether…or’ are used together.

6. Answer: E 12. Answer: A


The given sentence is present perfect and the The use of antecedent is incorrect. According to
correct form of sentence is grammar rules we try to keep Antecedent close
7. Answer: C to Relative Pronoun. Here the antecedent is

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‘furniture’. Therefore, there is a need to change Sales of everything from diesel to cooking fuels
the structure of the sentence. dropped during April 1-15 from a month earlier,
according to people familiar with preliminary
13. Answer: D data from the country’s three biggest retailers.
The highlighted phrase is erroneous. Instead of
‘fail’, ‘failed’ would be used because third form of 17. Answer: B
verb (Verb in the Past Participle Form) follows ‘under’ is the correct preposition meaning
‘have, had, has, having’.. controlled, managed or governed by , there is a
need of apostrophe to make it possessive , there
14. Answer: A is a need of adjective(ambitious) before
(A) With the capital also enforcing a weekend noun(redevelopment plan) so considering all the
lockdown from tonight rules into consideration, option b is apt.
Correct statement:-
Even as Covid cases continue to surge in Delhi 18. Answer: D
and the National Capital Region (NCR),with the there is a need for an adjective(Indian) before
capital also enforcing a weekend lockdown from noun(side), and ‘with’ is the correct preposition,
tonight, officials in Gurgaon said there are no so considering all the rules into consideration,
plans for any such steps so far. option d is apt.
15. Answer: B
(B)this has been impacting business as only a 19. Answer: A
few people come out to shop during the day in the subject troops is plural so reflexive pronoun
summers themselves is the correct usage, for+Ving and
Correct statement:- to+Ving structure is used, so considering all the
Since the night curfew has been imposed, rules into consideration, option a is apt.
shopkeepers wrap up by 7:30-8 pm so that they
can reach their homes on time. This has been 20. Answer: C
impacting business as only a few people come there is no need of comparative degree ‘lower’ in
out to shop during the day in summers. the sentence, ‘to’ preposition is used or showing
location, for+Ving and to+Ving structure is used,
16. Answer: E so considering all the rules into consideration,
(E) No improvement required option c is apt.
Correct statement:-
21. Answer: D
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the given sentence is in past tense, so ‘was’ is mutations of the novel coronavirus had raised
the correct usage, ‘of’ preposition will be used concerns for youth and children.
for indicating the source of action or emotion,
adjectives(sophisticated) modifies the 24. Answer: D
noun(phishing attack) hence written before it, so The U.S. House of Representative’s Foreign
considering all the rules into consideration, Affairs Committee (HFAC) , unanimously passed
option d is apt. a resolution in support of India as it faces a
devastating COVID19 wave.
22. Answer: C
A huge ice block has broken off from western 25. Answer: E
Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the The Biden administration is leading a campaign
largest iceberg in the world and earning the against Russian attempts to assert authority
name A76.
over Arctic shipping and reintroduce a military

dimension to discussions over international


23. Answer: A
activity in the area.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told officials that
empathy and resoluteness in the face of COVID-
19 was essential while also flagging that

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